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16/09/2018
Day 03 Valletta 3 Birkirkara 0
Champions Valletta scored three second-half goals to storm to a convincing 3-0 victory over Birkirkara to pick up their first league win of the season. The Citizens threatened after seven minutes when Miguel Alba hit a fierce drive that was pushed away by Kristijan Naumovski. Birkirkara’s response soon arrived as two minutes later Michael...
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25/08/2018
Day 02 Valletta 1 Hibernians 2
Hibernians piled more misery on Valletta as they condemned the champions to their second successive defeat. The Paolites threatened after 13 minutes when from an Ivan Blazevic corner from the left, Joseph Mbong’s low shot was blocked by goalkeeper Henry Bonello. Valletta replied with a Matteo Piciollo effort from outside the area that was...
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18/08/2018
Day 01 Sliema W 3 Valletta 0
Sliema Wanderers were off to an impressive start to their league campaign after brushing aside champions Valletta at the National Stadium. Ryan Fenech enjoyed an impressive debut on his return to Sliema as he capped a dynamic perfomance with two goals. Early on, it was Valletta who made all the early running with Matteo...
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02/08/2018
UEFA Europa League Valletta 1 HSK Zrinjski 2
Valletta's Europa League campaign came to a close on Thursday as the Malta champions were beaten by Zrinskji, of Bosnia, 2-1 to go out 3-2 on aggregate. Zrinskji started brightly and after eight minutes, Milos Filipovic received the ball from a short corner and after moving past his marker he let fly a dipping...
Read MoreUEFA Europa League HSK Zrinjski 1 Valletta 1
Valletta’s Europa League campaign started on a bright note after Mario Fontanella’s stoppage-time leveller earned the Citizens a valuable 1-1 draw against Zrinjski in the first leg of the second qualifying at the Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After their heart-breaking exit from the Champions League at the hands of Albania’s...
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17/07/2018
UEFA Champions League – Valletta 1 Kukesi 1
Valletta were only minutes away from reaching the second qualifying round of the Champions League when Irakli Dzaria fired home the equaliser on 82 minutes to earn Albanian side Kukes a 1-1 draw that put them in the next round on the away goals rule. It was a shattering outcome for the Citizens who...
Read MoreUEFA Champions League – Valletta 0 Kukesi 0
Valletta managed to get a positive result in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round tie against Kukesi when they drew 0-0 in Albania, yesterday. It was a solid showing from the Malta champions who created the better chances for much of the match and in the end were left...
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06/05/2018
FA Trophy Final Valletta 2 Birkirkara 1
Champions Valletta ended the season in style as they won the FA Trophy thanks to a 2-1 win over Birkirkara to notch the double. This was the second double for Valletta since Victor Sciriha took over as president just over a decade ago. Against Birkirkara, the Citizens were clearly the better side. They had...
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29/04/2018
FA Trophy Valletta 2 Balzan 1
Ten-man Valletta gave a clear testament of their champion pedigree when they came from behind to beat Balzan and book their place in the FA Trophy final. Goals from Denni and Piciollo in the space of three minutes late in the match completed an astonishing turnaround as Valletta will now face Birkirkara in Saturday's...
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22/04/2018
Day 26 Valletta 2 Gzira 1
Valletta were crowned Premier League champions for the 24th time in the history as they collected the three points they needed from the clash with Gżira United while Balzan, with whom they shared the top spot before the final round of fixtures, suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to Hibernians. Before the start of...
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